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And under the election. look, if any of that were true, why on earth would president trump nominate a man like bill barr as his attorney general? barr, no matter what you think, he's a mainstream, safe picked. a consummate pro who served in the reagan administration and later as george hw bush's counsel at the department of justice before being promoted to attorney general. full disclosure, he's a friend. don't hold that against me. but the bottom line is, he knows the legal terrain really well and he even oversaw the robert mueller guy that we are focused on once before, when mueller was head...

>> i think the paramount influence right now where we are as a country is to follow the mold of elliot richardson. when he was confirmed as attorney general in the midst of watergate, a president that was under legitimate investigation, who said, if i'm asked to basically fire or at the special counsel is fired, i correct. his deputy did the same thing. when archibald cox was fired, they said it was the easiest decision i ever had to make. they were lionized for it but they quit because that is with a promise to do. i was waiting for barr, frankly, in the interest of the country -- look, if we...

Plus 2, going either way. this is going to be the race i watch, whether this blue wave hits a red wall, whether the redwall will hit the blue wave. if democrats can pick up that kind of seed, they will have a very good night. >> they sent three cabinet secretaries to campaign for bar barr, and they put in some effort to try to get him across the finish line. that is an interesting race to watch because it is one that people focused on early. >> i always talk about how politics are all local, president trump tried to make this all about national politics, but the far left wing's attention, they...

Controversy swirquirrellin i squirrelling around his former wife . his office gives him enormous power to shape the national debate. today he did finally mention the firing of roseanne barr. if you thought he might use this moment to say something about racism or bigotry, he did not. he could have taken what was already a national conversation about race, social media, and who we are as americans, and any number of directions today. he instead kept it simple. he made it about himself and not for the first time, either. a day after abc canceled the revival of "roseanne" for bar barr''s racist t...